“Finish
Me” Stories by Other Authors

Trouble
for Sammy

By Cindy Stevens

Sammy was so tired. It had been a long night already.
First he had been confused. Then he had gotten lost. Sammy was trying
to find the beautiful moonlight reflecting off the water. It was supposed
to be like a guiding light. Somehow he’d missed it. If it hadn’t been
for that nice man, Sammy would still be lost and in trouble. With a
kind and gentle voice the older man had said, “Little fella, you seem
to be going in the wrong direction. Let me give you a hand.”

Oh, there was the water. He could see the moonlight
shining brightly on its surface. Without looking back, Sammy made his
way to the ocean. It would be the last time Sammy ever came onto land
again. All he had to do was get into the water and swim.

Suddenly, as Sammy was almost into the ocean, a ghost
crab came scooting across the sand. Crabs ate sea turtles like Sammy.
Sammy’s short life was in danger. He tried to move quicker. The ghost
crab moved directly toward Sammy and …